Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“O crowned by God with thorns and pain! Mother of Christ! O mystic wife! my heart is weary of this life And… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Marriage is hardly a thing one can do now and then, except in America. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
